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Massa was quickest in both free practice sessions in the Copa Fiat series. As a guest in the series, he had use of an extra set of tyres. However he will not compete in this weekends’ races at Interlagos.

“I kept an eye on the Olympics, and since it is the summer break in Formula One, I tried to keep my mind off Formula One. But, inevitably, comparisons of the two spectacles kept entering my thoughts ?óÔé¼ÔÇØ especially since Formula One has for many years hyped itself as the world?óÔé¼Ôäós third most popular sporting spectacle, behind the Olympics and World Cup soccer.”

“Continuing the legal saga over Formula 1, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott released an opinion Friday leaving more questions about whether the Grand Prix event should be able to receive state funding.”

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Looking forward to getting back after the summer break. Going to be some really exciting announcements coming up from Caterham soon!

Comment of the day

I remember a time when a team/driver dominating a season was applauded as it showed technical excellence by the team and great driving from the car.

Nobody complained when Lotus and Clark were dominating seasons in the sixties, Nor when Fangio was dominating seasons in the 50s. We saw some dominance by teams/drivers through the seventies and eighties and the complaints from fans was minimal because they understood the sport and that a more open formula sometimes allows this sort of thing as there is always the possibility for one team to find that something extra.

The problem today is that its seen as a ‘show’ and must be ‘entertaining’, If a race doesn?óÔé¼Ôäót include a hundred overtakes and if one team/driver does a much better job & dominates then its labelled ‘boring’ and I think that’s wrong and shows just how far the sport side has fallen.

People label 2011 as boring because Vettel/Red Bull dominated, I say it was a good season purely because of that as it highlights what F1 was always about and should be about again.Pete_H

The results of this weekend’s Caption Competition will be in tomorrow’s round-up, so you’ve still got 24 hours to come up with the best caption you can:

69 comments on Massa quickest in touring car weekend at Interlagos

Every person has a different way of expressing their joy, different way to celebrate. So if you assume that Vettel’s upraised finger is nothing more than his arrogance that he is entitled to be on pole, then you are wrong. He achieved something remarkable and he is just showing his way of celebrating it. And likewise you may then hate Nadal because he also bites the trophy after winning the grandslam. His way of celebrating is diffrent from what other people usually do.

Is there really a point to Twitter? ‘aunt’s dying ima fly back to see her’ Seriously!? Way to totally cheapen a private family tragedy. Maybe it’s just me – what with remembering a world without internet and all – but I don’t get it.

@maciek I’m of a similar mind. I use social-networking a lot but I always manage to keep my personal feelings and family out of it. There’s a difference between conversing with folk and tweeting something like Lewis did. I saw his tweet and was a little taken back to be honest.